IRONY MAN - "A COOL EXEC"
IRONY MAN - "A COOL EXEC"
The Marvel Super Heroes: Iron Man Cartoon - Main Title Theme Lyrics (1966)
"Tony Stark
Makes you feel
He's a cool exec
With a heart of steel.
As Iron Man,
All jets ablaze,
He fights and smites
With repulsor rays!
A blaze of power!
Iron Man!
Amazing armor!
Iron Man!"
When billionare inventor Tony Stark designed his Iron Man variant suit of Inferno armour it was intended to shield him from the fearsome heat of an active volcano. At first glance that might not seem to be a very useful capability.
Well.
You'd be amazed at just how many super villians thought that they were the VERY FIRST to think of constructing their lairs within volcanoes. Strangely enough, hardly any of them thought to tap the immense geothermal power of their hellish neighbourhoods, instead choosing to rely upon that old standby of evilness... nuclear reactors.
On the other hand, Iron Man HAD seen some pretty spectacular lava lamp lit decor!
Still, the highly specialised Inferno armour had other uses...
In response to a call from Stark International's Melbourne Division he'd flown over to Australia just in time to run headlong into the dreadful 2008 bushfire season. The Inferno suit, of course, shrugged off the highest maximum temperature in Melbourne's recorded history, 47.9 degrees Celsius or around 118 degrees Farenheit.
But Aussie cities baked. Hot winds gusted. Vegetation dried. And the Victorian countryside went up in flames on February 7th.
Tony had experienced similar conditions in both California and Canada and as Iron Man had even helped with search and rescue in both those fire prone places. He'd sometimes literally lent a hand, using his palm mounted repulsors to blast fire breaks ahead of fire fronts. As Victoria began to burn Tony personally committed S.I's in-country manpower and resources to help pitch in with the fire fighting effort. Stark's aviation assets proved especially useful.
Iron Man not excluded.
The Australians named similar disasters after the days they'd fallen on. Black Friday. Ash Wednesday. Today was a Saturday. He wondered what they'd call this one?
During a rare break he'd mentioned it to one of the bravely laconic local fireman who wearily took one look at Stark's soot covered armour and laconically quipped, "Strewth mate, Iron in the Fire day!"
The red and gold Avenger smiled grimly at the memory as he strapped on a fire supression blaster pack and prepared to head out again...even for a bonafide super hero it was a long day, and a longer night....and damned little enough else to find humour in.
Still, as the Aussie 'fireys' were fond of saying, "No worries mate".
And THEY weren't even wearing air conditioned invincible armour.
"Hmm," Stark mused as he lifted off, "I might just do something about that...."
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I paused to set up this shot while I was busy keeping our garden alive with recycled water on Searing Saturday, pondering the wide variation in conditions across our sunburnt country. Bushfires across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia while floods surged across North Queensland. Immense property damage and the death toll, both human and animal, is yet to be fully known.
I was comfortable enough as I worked, hot but well shaded by a sombrero or a water soaked pith helmet depending on how windy it was (costumers tend to have these things handy!) and with ready access to air conditioning and cooling drinks.
Spared more than one thought for the poor sods caught in the fire and the gallant fire fighters battling the blazes.
Hell already has its heroes.
Still, we can use all the help we can get, so Avengers Assemble, and Thunderbirds Are Go!
If only...
The Inferno armour is one of Hasbro's new Iron Man Concept armour variant action figures. It's a beaut, what with its semi-transparent magma red finish, thermal control fins and backpack. I especially like that the pauldrons (shoulder guards) are firmly held in place with metal pins...solving an infamous problem that has dogged most of the six-inch Iron Man figures spun off from the I.M movie. Which have an annoying tendancy to pop their pauldrons off when their arms are raised.
(By the way, the tune of the theme song from the 1966 Iron Man cartoon can be heard a couple of times in the 2007 movie...have fun listening for it!)
No daisies (see background!) were harmed during the making of this photo but, strewth, it was so hot outside that the action figure started to wilt in sympathy!
IRONY MAN - "A COOL EXEC"
IRONY MAN - "A COOL EXEC"
The Marvel Super Heroes: Iron Man Cartoon - Main Title Theme Lyrics (1966)
"Tony Stark
Makes you feel
He's a cool exec
With a heart of steel.
As Iron Man,
All jets ablaze,
He fights and smites
With repulsor rays!
A blaze of power!
Iron Man!
Amazing armor!
Iron Man!"
When billionare inventor Tony Stark designed his Iron Man variant suit of Inferno armour it was intended to shield him from the fearsome heat of an active volcano. At first glance that might not seem to be a very useful capability.
Well.
You'd be amazed at just how many super villians thought that they were the VERY FIRST to think of constructing their lairs within volcanoes. Strangely enough, hardly any of them thought to tap the immense geothermal power of their hellish neighbourhoods, instead choosing to rely upon that old standby of evilness... nuclear reactors.
On the other hand, Iron Man HAD seen some pretty spectacular lava lamp lit decor!
Still, the highly specialised Inferno armour had other uses...
In response to a call from Stark International's Melbourne Division he'd flown over to Australia just in time to run headlong into the dreadful 2008 bushfire season. The Inferno suit, of course, shrugged off the highest maximum temperature in Melbourne's recorded history, 47.9 degrees Celsius or around 118 degrees Farenheit.
But Aussie cities baked. Hot winds gusted. Vegetation dried. And the Victorian countryside went up in flames on February 7th.
Tony had experienced similar conditions in both California and Canada and as Iron Man had even helped with search and rescue in both those fire prone places. He'd sometimes literally lent a hand, using his palm mounted repulsors to blast fire breaks ahead of fire fronts. As Victoria began to burn Tony personally committed S.I's in-country manpower and resources to help pitch in with the fire fighting effort. Stark's aviation assets proved especially useful.
Iron Man not excluded.
The Australians named similar disasters after the days they'd fallen on. Black Friday. Ash Wednesday. Today was a Saturday. He wondered what they'd call this one?
During a rare break he'd mentioned it to one of the bravely laconic local fireman who wearily took one look at Stark's soot covered armour and laconically quipped, "Strewth mate, Iron in the Fire day!"
The red and gold Avenger smiled grimly at the memory as he strapped on a fire supression blaster pack and prepared to head out again...even for a bonafide super hero it was a long day, and a longer night....and damned little enough else to find humour in.
Still, as the Aussie 'fireys' were fond of saying, "No worries mate".
And THEY weren't even wearing air conditioned invincible armour.
"Hmm," Stark mused as he lifted off, "I might just do something about that...."
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I paused to set up this shot while I was busy keeping our garden alive with recycled water on Searing Saturday, pondering the wide variation in conditions across our sunburnt country. Bushfires across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia while floods surged across North Queensland. Immense property damage and the death toll, both human and animal, is yet to be fully known.
I was comfortable enough as I worked, hot but well shaded by a sombrero or a water soaked pith helmet depending on how windy it was (costumers tend to have these things handy!) and with ready access to air conditioning and cooling drinks.
Spared more than one thought for the poor sods caught in the fire and the gallant fire fighters battling the blazes.
Hell already has its heroes.
Still, we can use all the help we can get, so Avengers Assemble, and Thunderbirds Are Go!
If only...
The Inferno armour is one of Hasbro's new Iron Man Concept armour variant action figures. It's a beaut, what with its semi-transparent magma red finish, thermal control fins and backpack. I especially like that the pauldrons (shoulder guards) are firmly held in place with metal pins...solving an infamous problem that has dogged most of the six-inch Iron Man figures spun off from the I.M movie. Which have an annoying tendancy to pop their pauldrons off when their arms are raised.
(By the way, the tune of the theme song from the 1966 Iron Man cartoon can be heard a couple of times in the 2007 movie...have fun listening for it!)
No daisies (see background!) were harmed during the making of this photo but, strewth, it was so hot outside that the action figure started to wilt in sympathy!